Rolling window-screen.



Ne. 813342. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

' H. B. & W H. GILLAED.

ROLLING WINDOW SCREEN. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 11, 1903/ of win parts thatmay be slid past each other, and

' tical section on the line a; as of Fig.1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOMER E. GILLAND AND WILLIAM H. GILLAND, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ROLLING wmoow-sosssn.

Patented. Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed May 11, 1903. Serial im tates.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HOMER E. GILLAND and WILLIAM H. GILLAND, citizensof the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw andState of Michigan, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements inRolling lVindow-Screens; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention pertains to extensible roll ing window-screens, andrelates more particularly to window-screens mounted on spring-rollerscarried by the window-frame and having their upper ends fastened to thevertically-slidable window-sash, so that the screen unrolls as the sashis raised, thereby keeping the opening covered by the screen. To ada tsuch a screen to suit various widths dbws, it is made of two overlappingthe roller is made extensible.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a part view of a window with our improvement attached. Fig.2is a ver- Fi 3 is a perspective viewof the extensible rol er, itsextensible case and bracket, and the extensible cover.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, the

extensible screen 1 is fixed at its upper end.

to the window-sash 2,.and'its lower end is mounted on a spring-actuatedroller 3, preferahly of metal, to avoid warping.

f The screen is laterally extensible, as above noted, and the roller 3is also extensible to.

suit windows of various widths. In order to rotect the rolled screenfrom rain, snow, and dust, we mount the roller 3 in a metal case 4,secured to the window-frame or to the sill S, as shown in Figs. 1 and2.The case is also extensible, and consists in two approxin'iatelysemicylindrical tube-sections 4* and fi one of which is provided on itsedges with in- "Hardly-turned flan 4". The section 4 is of proper sizeto te escope within the section 4 am is held in place by engagement ofits edges in the flanges 4. Ends 4*" and 4" are provided for thetelescoping tubes, and these ends have slots, in one of which, 4,revolves the journal 3 of the roller 3, and in the other slot 4 fits theflattened non-rotatable s ear 3 of the, roller 3. These ends 4"" an 4"serve as roller-brackets.

As case 4 is normally hack of t lane of the screen to permit the latterto r0 1 and unroll vertically. One side of the case is open toward thesash, and the sash when closed" almost covers the opening but therestill re-- mains between the sash and the upper'edge of the case a slotof sufiicient width to ermit the movement of the screen. Toma e the isshown in Fi 2, the upper edge of the I roller and screen perfectlyweatherproof when the sash is closed, we provide the extensiblecover 5.This cover is secured to the.

sash 2 and projects outwardly to overla the case 4 when the window isclosed. t is made in two telescoping sections 5 and 5 of the samegeneralconstruction as case 4.

It has a flange 6, which is screwed or other-' wisesecured-to thesash'2, and this flange may be made to serve the additional purpose. ofa nailing-strip for securing the upper end f ofthe screen to the sash.When the sash is closed, the'lower edge of the sash forms the closurefor the side of case 4, and the overlapping cover 5 closes down upon thecase, rendering it perfectly weather roof and protecting the roller andscreen. oth the case and its cover can be easily attached to a windowand easily adjusted thereon.

While we have shown and described our improved device as fastened to theupper surface of the window-sill S, it might also be applied to theupper sash of the window by i being fastened to the up or part of theframe extensible sectional spring-actuated roller,

screen members mounted on each rollcr -section, the adjacent ed es ofthe-screen members adapted to over ap each other, a 300.- tionaltelescopic casing in which'the roller is journaled, the casing adaptedto receive and rotect the screen members and provided with a slotthrough which the screen members pass; the sections of the casing eachIn testimony whereof We afii'x 01'1'1 Signaprovided w1th mtegral slottedends, a curved tures 1n presence of two wltnesses.

r t y 0 HOMER E. GILLAND. flanges owned by the eover-sectlons and WUT1AM H GU LAND servmg as a nalhng-smp whereby to smnuledges 01 the screenmembers to the sash of JAMES C. HANSON,

taneously secure the cover and the upper Witnesses:

a, Window. A. A. EASTERLY.

